HS 2012

Harmonized System 2012 tariff changes - implications for Tariff Concession Orders, Tariff Advices, precedents and other tariff changes for 1 January 2012

Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice No. 2011/57

HS2012 Guide

• HS2012 changes - A Brief Overview

ABS Review of Statistical Codes

• Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice No.2011/20
• http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyCatalogue/
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• http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/5368.0.55.015Main+Features12012?OpenDocument

2012 Harmonized System information page

The Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, introduced the Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2011 into Parliament on 23 March 2011. 

The Bill contains approximately 800 amendments to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 that will implement the changes resulting from the World Customs Organization fourth review of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, commonly referred to as the Harmonized System.

The Bill will preserve existing levels of industry protection and margins of tariff preference that apply to imported goods, including goods imported under Australia’s free trade agreements.

Attached for your information and use are the following documents relating to the 2012 Harmonized System changes:

• Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice 2011/12
   
• Customs Tariff Amendment (2012 Harmonized System Changes) Act 2011
   
• Explanatory Memorandum 2012 HS Bill
   
• WCO Concordance and Explanatory Document
   
• Australian Tariff Concordance

Information regarding Tariff Concession Orders, Tariff Advices and Tariff Precedents affected by the 2012 Harmonized System changes will be made available at a later date.

Enquiries

For further information concerning the proposed changes to the Customs Tariff, please contact:

For enquiries concerning changes to the AHECC or Customs Tariff statistical codes, please contact: